16 COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



resident ; but a few usually remain all winter. ( Verr. , p. 

 9; All., p. 54.) The species extends as far north as 

 Labrador. 



No. 325, adult. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1859. 



COLOPTERIDiE. 



MiLVULUs TYRANNUS Bon. — Fork-tailed Fly-catcher. 

 A fine example in the collection, from South America. 



Tyrannies Oarolinensis Baird. — King-bird. Bee-mar- 

 tin. Abundant summer resident. 



No. 340, adult. Essex Co. S. Jillson. 

 No. 567, ? , adult. " " 



Tyrannus verticalis Say. — Arkansas Fly-catcher. 



No. 102, adult. Parm Island, Nebraska. Dr. F. V. Hayden. From 

 the Chicago Academy of Science, 1864:. 



Myiarchus crinitus Cab. — Great Crested Fly-catcher. 



Summer visitant ; rather rare. 



No. 332, $, adult. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 

 No. 334, ?, " " " " 



Sayornisfuscus Baird. — Pewit Fly-catcher. "Phoebe." 



Common summer resident. Here, as elsewhere, it is the 



avant-courier in spring of the small insectivorous birds. 



The kinds of insects upon which it chiefly delights to feed 



account for its early appearance, as well as for its choice 



of the situations it usually frequents. 



No. 560, S, adult. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1853. 

 No. 548, ?, " " " " " " 



Contojpus borealis Baird. — Olive-sided Flycatcher. 

 Cooper's Flycatcher. Summer visitant. Not abundant. 

 " Quite common at the Umbagog Lakes." ( Verr., p. 10.) 

 No. 558, adult. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1856. 



Contopus virens Cab. — Wood Pewee. Abundant. 



Summer resident. Rather less numerous in the northern 



than in the southern sections. 



No. 505, S, Essex Co. T. M. Pond, 1863. 

 No. 561, ?, " " S. Jillson. 



Erwpidonax Acadicus Baird. — Acadian Flycatcher. 

 Summer resident. Not abundant. This species seems to 

 be more restricted in its northern range than the others of 

 the genus, apparently not proceeding much farther than 



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